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AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INSPECTIONAL SERVICES IN THE CITY OF LYNN.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:

SECTION 1.
Subsection (d) of section 1 of chapter 51 of the acts of 1999
is hereby amended by striking out clauses (2) and (3) and inserting in place
thereof the following clause:-

(2) The division of building inspection and maintenance shall
administer,
control and include the plumbing
inspector,
inspector of gas fittings and gas appliances who shall be responsible for the
enforcement of the state building code applicable to gas
fittings and gas appliances; and the planning department which shall be
responsible for all of its present functions conferred upon it by the General
Laws and city ordinances.

SECTION 2.
Clause (6) of said subsection (d) of said section 1 of
said
chapter 51 is hereby amended by striking out subclause (iv) and inserting in
place thereof the following 2 subclauses:-

(iv) board of health

(v) planning board.

SECTION 3.
Section 3 of said chapter 51 is hereby amended by
striking
out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following
sentence:- This official may be removed as provided in section 4.

SECTION 4.
Said chapter 51 is hereby further amended by striking
out
section 4 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section
4. The mayor of the city of Lynn may pursuant to the removal
procedure established in section 6-6 of the city charter remove the chief of
the
department of inspectional services from office. The city council may, by
following the removal procedure established in subsection (d) of section 3-7 of
the city charter, remove the division heads of the department from office.

SECTION 5.
Section 6 of said chapter 51 is hereby amended by striking
out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:-
The term of office shall be for 3 years and they shall be granted tenure upon
reappointment pursuant to section 6-5 of the city charter.

SECTION 6.
Section 8 of said chapter 51 is hereby amended by
inserting
after the word "for", in line 4, the following word:- just.